Lied about my DOB at new job

Biodegradable · 08-10-2019 08:51PM #1

So today was my induction day for a convenience store job. I was told to bring along just my bank details and PPS number. When the manager was entering my details on the PC, I gave him a year that made me one year younger than I am. A few seconds after he entered that in he said "oh yeah and I'll need to get a photocopy of a passport of driver's license. And by making myself a year younger it meant that I changed the year to the first year of a new decade. Oh darn! In the last two jobs I had they never sought for this so I though it'd be grand.

I'll be okay, right. There just might be an awkward moment.

gmisk · 08-10-2019 08:53PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

So today was my induction day for a convenience store job. I was told to bring along just my bank details and PPS number. When the manager was entering my details on the PC, I gave him a year that made me one year younger than I am. A few seconds after he entered that in he said "oh yeah and I'll need to get a photocopy of a passport of driver's license. Oh darn! In the last two jobs I had they never sought for this so I though it'd be grand.

I'll be okay, right. There just might be an awkward moment.

Just tell them you made a mistake?
In the words of Johnny Logan....what's another year?

08-10-2019 08:53PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

So today was my induction day for a convenience store job. I was told to bring along just my bank details and PPS number. When the manager was entering my details on the PC, I gave him a year that made me one year younger than I am. A few seconds after he entered that in he said "oh yeah and I'll need to get a photocopy of a passport of driver's license. Oh darn! In the last two jobs I had they never sought for this so I though it'd be grand.

I'll be okay, right. There just might be an awkward moment.

Eh, why did you lie about that?

Manager won't care as there's no obvious reason why you would say you're just 1 year younger than you are - he'll put it down to a typo and move on.

CIARAN_BOYLE · 08-10-2019 08:53PM

Just FYI when registering you for tax (to avoid emergency tax) pps number and dob need to be entered on revenues system and has to match.

Why did you try and make yourself younger? I could see problems if you were young and tried to make yourself older (ie make yourself over 18 so you can serve alcohol. There will be no drama just, oh sorry typo.

banie01 · 08-10-2019 08:54PM

gmisk wrote: »

Just tell them you made a mistake?
In the words of Johnny Logan....what's another year?

In the words of Nadine Doyle...
"I am that age aren't I Mammy!"

road_high · 08-10-2019 08:58PM

Pretty sure they’re not even allowed ask your age these days- just say you made a mistake if asked. If they make an issue of it they risk being sued for ageism.

08-10-2019 09:01PM

He'll assume he heard you wrong, it's not like you tried 10 year difference.

You fancy him don't you.

ED E · 08-10-2019 09:03PM

road_high wrote: »

Pretty sure they’re not even allowed ask your age these days- just say you made a mistake if asked. If they make an issue of it they risk being sued for ageism.

They cant ask until after you've been hired for risk of a discrimination case. Once you're onboarded its normal to ask.

punisher5112 · 08-10-2019 09:03PM

Are you 29 again....

Biodegradable · 08-10-2019 09:16PM

gmisk wrote: »

Just tell them you made a mistake?
In the words of Johnny Logan....what's another year?

yeah, if I were losing my mind!

road_high · 08-10-2019 09:17PM

ED E wrote: »

They cant ask until after you've been hired for risk of a discrimination case. Once you're onboarded its normal to ask.

...and risk one if they drop a persons offer on age grounds. Absolute can of worms that any sensible employer won’t make an issue of

Biodegradable · 08-10-2019 09:20PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I could see problems if you were young and tried to make yourself older (ie make yourself over 18 so you can serve alcohol. There will be no drama just, oh sorry typo.

So will I just let him spot it himself (and hope that he doesn't)! Or will I be brave and say "oh I forgot what age I was the other day"

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Why did you try and make yourself younger?

I'd been handing out a CV that had a fake leaving cert year (two years after real year although I did repeat the LC) so I guess I was trying to avoid them realising that. I don't know what my mind was thinking.

Biodegradable · 08-10-2019 09:23PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Are you 29 again....

Where did you come up with that figure?

08-10-2019 09:24PM

banie01 wrote: »

In the words of Nadine Doyle...
"I am that age aren't I Mammy!"

Coyle

punisher5112 · 08-10-2019 09:30PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

Where did you come up with that figure?

Because people hate turning 30.... So they stay 29 for quite some time.

Biodegradable · 08-10-2019 09:33PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Because people hate turning 30.... So they stay 29 for quite some time.

Oh right

Purple Mountain · 08-10-2019 10:37PM

When I was a little girl and used to ask my mammy what age she was, she used to reply 'permanently 29'.
I actually thought for many years of my childhood that that was an actual age.

09-10-2019 08:30AM

Biodegradable wrote: »

So will I just let him spot it himself (and hope that he doesn't)! Or will I be brave and say "oh I forgot what age I was the other day"

Depends, do you think he's the type to read Boards.ie i.e. a feckless layabout? :pac:

Otherwise no. He says the birthday in the system says 1986, but your passport says 1985. You look at him like he's a bit simple and say, no, it's niiiiiine.... teeeeeen eigthyeeeeeee ... fiiiiiive.

He'll assume he picked you up wrong the first time.

the_pen_turner · 09-10-2019 10:41AM

First of all I don't see any logical reason to lie unless you are under age

2 ways to sort
If the year is in the middle of a decade then pass it off as a typo like 95 instead of 96

If it's obviously a mistake like at the start or end of a decade the I would say to them they have it wrong you are 19 not twenty.

WhatsGoingOn2 · 09-10-2019 12:53PM

The minimum wage is less for those under 20,

Aged under 18 : – €6.86 per hour (70%)
Aged 18 : – €7.84 per hour (80%)
Aged 19 : – €8.82 per hour (90%)
Aged 20 or more : – €9.80 per hour

lunamoon · 09-10-2019 01:20PM

Unless it's a job where you sell alcohol I don't think this will be an issue.

09-10-2019 01:32PM

lunamoon wrote: »

Unless it's a job where you sell alcohol I don't think this will be an issue.

She's older than stated, so not an issue.

Biodegradable · 09-10-2019 06:43PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

If it's obviously a mistake like at the start or end of a decade the I would say to them they have it wrong you are 19 not twenty.

That's the thing. When I changed it one year it meant that it's a new decade which means it's more awkward to say.

Biodegradable · 10-10-2019 06:12PM

Things have gotten a bit more awkward. I said to him in the morning that I had my driver's license and he said "oh I can do that later". Today in the canteen this girl asked me my age when that manager was also in the room. When I answered, she said out loud "oh right you're the same age as (the manager) so". I'd have thought he was older than me by a few years. There's no way he'll have thought it was a typo so. I think I might wait for him to come to me for it!

Happy4all · 10-10-2019 06:16PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

Things have gotten a bit more awkward. I said to him in the morning that I had my driver's license and he said "oh I can do that later". Today in the canteen this girl asked me my age when that manager was also in the room. When I answered, she said out loud "oh right you're the same age as (the manager) so". I'd have thought he was older than me by a few years. There's no way he'll have thought it was a typo so. I think I might wait for him to come to me for it!

A bit odd the girl asking you your age.

Biodegradable · 10-10-2019 06:21PM

Happy4all wrote: »

A bit odd the girl asking you your age.

A bit I suppose.

Peatys · 10-10-2019 06:24PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

yeah, if I were losing my mind!

What's important to you isn't important to other people. Give them the photocopy, they probably won't notice the error and even if they do they'll just put it down to a miss type.

Either way, move on with your life in peace.

tedpan · 10-10-2019 07:03PM

Answer. Hand in the passport/driver's license. He'll update the system and probably think he typed it in wrongly the first time he asked.

Close thread.

Jeff2 · 10-10-2019 11:38PM

tedpan wrote: »

Answer. Hand in the passport/driver's license. He'll update the system and probably think he typed it in wrongly the first time he asked.

Close thread.

Not its not.

In Homer Simpson voice from far away.

I use a different age for online sites so no one knows my age.

I mean if someone has your name/address/dob and ask you what your first pet was named was.

11-10-2019 07:59AM

Happy4all wrote: »

A bit odd the girl asking you your age.

Nah, just a getting to know you nosiness type question.

The only person with any degree of material interest in the OPs age is the OP. The manager doesn't care.

Jim2007 · 11-10-2019 11:56AM

road_high wrote: »

Pretty sure they’re not even allowed ask your age these days- just say you made a mistake if asked. If they make an issue of it they risk being sued for ageism.

Of course it's allowed! How do you expect them to calculate pension entitlements, retirement, holiday entitlements.... You can't discriminate on the basis of age, but it certainly is required to run a business.

Lied about my DOB at new job

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